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Robert F. Watt

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Photograph of Robert F. Watt, Vice President of Parke & Son, Inc. of Decatur. When the firm was re-organized in 1947, merging the Parke Warehouses and Parke & Son Co. into the Parke & Sons Inc., he was made vice president of the company. He joined…

Boy and Girl With Boat by Wasson Studio

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Photograph of "Boy and Girl Holding Boat" by Charles L. Wasson, Wasson Studios.

Photo of Boys Choir by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

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Photograph of eight young boys titled "Boy Choir" by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co. of Decatur, IL.

Three Children On Stairs - by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

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Photograph of "Three Children On Stairs" by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co., Photo File: Biography, Decatur, IL.

Exotic Dancer by Charles L. Wasson

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Photograph of Exotic Dancer by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

"Off For The Hunt" by Charles L. Wasson

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Photograph of man holding gun with three dogs; titled "Off For The Hunt" by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

John Shaw by Charles L. Wasson

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Photograph of John Shaw taken by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co. Mr. Shaw is seated in a chair by a fireplace.

J. Bend Wand

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Photograph of J. Ben Wand; (died 4/5/1948). Publisher of trade journals in Florida. He was a graduate of Millikin in 1911 and a former telegraph editor of the Herald and Review. He was editor of the Clinton Evening Public from 1914 to 1917. He went…

J. Edward Wamsley

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Photograph of J. Edward Wamsley; "Former Decatur photographer who was acquitted of the murder of his father-in-law in 1913. In 1915 he had a studio in Mattoon. Photo ran in the Decatur Herald Aug 3, 1913."

Robert Walter, Jr.

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Photograph of Robert Walter, Jr. as a child holding a violin. Son of Prof. Robert Walter, Sr. former director of the Goodman Band in Decatur. In 1926, when he was 19 years old, he joined his father in the firm of Robert Walter and Son, instructors…